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e 'e e Councilman Williams felt the motion in effect was saying that before a decision was made a special committee should be created to reinvent the outline developed and pre- sented to the Room Tax Committee. Councilman Murray was reluctant to vote for the motion. He didn't want to "rehash" the issue unless some new conclusions were pre- sented. But he said he would have additional questions if the EDA was to do the hiring of the mall manager, and he questioned the compatibility of mixing management of commercial uses with recreational uses. He suggested holding the item for further discussion at next week's committee meeting. Councilman Keller saw the Council "hung up" on the commercial activity only, whereas the scope of activities proposed for the mall was much broader and already outlined. He said he would prefer to see that outline before final action at the February 24 Council meeting. Councilwoman Beal noted that she would be out of town the next two Wednesdays and asked deferral of further discussion until she returned. Staff saw no problem, but upon learning of Councilman Keller's absence the following two weeks, it was agreed that if the motion failed, the list of activities would be distributed before the February 24 Council meeting, the item placed on the consent calendar for final de- termination or postponement at that time. Vote was taken on the motion to appoint a Council subcommittee to develop mall guidelines, working with the parks department and the Eugene Down- town Association. Motion defeated, Council member Beal, Bradley, and Haws voting aye; Council members Murray, Keller, Williams, Hamel, and Shirey voting no. Mr. Murray moved seconded by Mr. Keller to approve the balance of the report. Motion carried unanimously. Comm 2/19/75 Approve Copies of job description for mall manager were distributed. Mr. Keller moved seconded by Mr. Haws to postpone action on the portion of the Room Tax Allocation report pertaining to the mall manager alloca- tion until the first meeting in April (14th). Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Keller explained the postponement was requested because both he and Councilwoman Beal would be out of town during spring vacation. K. Growth Study - Copies of conditions on which the proposed growth study would be en- dorsed as suggested by Council members Murray and Beal were previously distributed to Council members. Mr. Murray moved seconded by Mrs. Beal that the Council endorse the pro- posed LCOG growth stUdy and recommend it for consideration and comment to the Eugene Budget Committee, Eugene Planning Commission, Lane County Board of Commissioners, and Springfield City Council, subject to: 1. Assessing cost of growth, both economic and social, as one of the major focal points of the study; .2. Making the geographic area under study the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan urban service area as defined in the 1990 Plan, recognizing that factors outside that area must also be considered; 3. Composition of the steering committee limited to elected and ap- pointed officials and other citizens of the metropolitan urban service area; 4. At least one-half of the steering committee membership would be citizens other than those elected or appointed officials serving ~5 2/24/75 - 27